Mop-wringer



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MOP WRINGER.

(Application filed June 25, 1898.)

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llNiTnn STATES PATENT Ormes.

EGIDIUS BONNLENDER AND ADAM HERKERT, OF BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN.

MOP-WRINGE'R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,267, dated June 6, 1899.

Application filed .Tune 25, 1 89 S.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EGIDIUS BONNLENDER and ADAM HERKERT, citizens of the United States, residing at Beaver Dam, in the county of Dodge and State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Vringers; and we do'hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to mopwrin gers; and it consists of the construction and arrangement of parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a mop-wringer wherein the wringing-rollers are operated by a treadle and the hands of the operator left free to properly position and otherwise manipulate the mop, the parts being simple and effective inconstruction and arrangement, strong and durable, easily and readily operated, and comparatively ineX pensive.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mopwringer embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view, on alarger scale, of one of the side supporting-plates and the slides thereon. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the treadle. Fig. 5 is a section on the line on Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the treadleengaging staples. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of one of the sliderods.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views, the numeral 1 designates a pail or tub of any preferred dimension, and has secured at diametrically opposite sides on the outer surface thereof plates 2, provided with upper inner flanges 3, which iit over and rest on the upper edge of the pail or tub, and also with depending contracted portions which have vertical slots 3 formed therein. On each plate, at opposite sides of the head of the slot 3 therein, pins at project outwardly, and at the lower end of the plate is a depending central lug 5 with an opening therethrough and also oppoberial No. 684,482. (No model.)

site guidelugs 0 with a space between them. Opposite pairs of lslides 7 operate in connection with the plates 2, and one of cach pair projects in a direction opposite to that of the other. The upper ends of the said slides 7 are secured to and form bearings for rotatable top rollers S, which normally rest on the upper edge of the pail or tub and form the means of wringing the mop in a manner which will be more fully hereinafter set forth. Each slide 7 has a slot 9 formed therein, through which one of the pins 4 extends, and the lower ends of each pair of slides are overlapped and connected by a pin 10 to the upper end of a slide-rod 11, which moves through the guidelugs C and normally depends some distance below the lug 5. The pin 10, which connects the upper ends of the rods 1l and the slides 7, projects into the slot 3 in each plate, and to hold the said slides 7and the parts operated thereby in proper relative position to the plates 2 the pins 4 havewashers 12 thereon of greater diametrical extent than the Width of the slots 9 in the said slides 7. The lower ends of the sliderods 11 are formed with eyes 13, which are engaged by inner opposite hooks 14 on the side arms 15 of a treadle 16,which has a front central foot engaging extension 17 of sufficient width and preferably apertured for obvious purposes. Adjacent the eyes 13 on the lower ends of the slide-rods 11 are apertured lugs 1S, standing on the inner side of each rod and to which the lower ends of coiled springs 19 are secured, which are att-ached at their upper ends to the lugs 5 of the plates 2. The springs surround the rods, and through the medium of the same the parts of the wringer are automatically returned to their normal position after the treadle is relieved from pressure.

The pail or tub 1 is adapted to rest upon a slatted platform 2O and is secured in position by means of bolts 21, passed through the bottom of the pail or tub and also through the said platform. The arms 15 have their rear ends in engagement with staples 22, secured to the platform in rear of the pail or tub, thereby normally positioning the treadle 1G at a rearward angle of inclination and so that the front end thereof is elevated. The rear ends of the side arms 15 are `constructed as shown in detail in the accompanying drawings in full and dotted lines and primarily are formed with recesses 23 and rear fingers 24, which, with the recesses, provide hooklike projections. The said fingers are first inserted in the staples 22 and then bent over on the adjacent portions of the said arms to prevent separation of the latter from the staples, said side arms at the point where the fingers engage the same being cut away, as at 25, to provide means for making a flush or substantially iiush joint.

In Fig. 6 one of the staples 22 is shown in detail and consists of a bearing-plate 26, from which the staple proper rises, and depending from said plate is a central securing bolt or pin 27, on opposite sides of which are wedgelike spurs 28. The bolt or pin 27 is secured in the platform 20, and the wedge-like spurs 28 are driven into said platform on opposite sides to prevent the bearing-plate 26 from turning or moving from its secured position.

In the upper portion of the pail or tub guide-rods 29 are located and spaced apart from each other a suitable distance. The function of these guide-rods is to hold the mop centrally in the pail or tub and in the best position 'to be operated upon by the rollers 8. It is intended that the bolts 2l shall be easily disengaged from the platform 20, so that the pail or tub may be easily removed, and to facilitate this the said'pail or tub is supplied with a bail 30.

The operation of the device in wringing a mop is as follows: The mop is placed in the pail or tub l between the guides 29 and the rollers 8. rlhe operator then presses the front end of the treadle I6 downwardly with his foot, which draws on the opposite slide-rods Il, and the pins IO move downward in the slots 3 of the plates 2, pulling the slides 7 downwardly therewith over the pins 4, and thereby elevating the rollers 8 and drawing them together against the mop. The mop is then drawn through the rollers by the .operator and the operation of rinsing and wringing may be carried on any suitable length of time by allowing the said rollers 8 to spread apart slightly or sufficiently to permit the mop to be immersed in the water in the pail or tub. After the mop has been wrung foot-pressure y is relieved from the treadle I6 and the springs I9, acting on the slide-rods ll, return all the parts to their normal position. The said springs also operate during the'wringing and rinsing operation previously set forth and as soon aspressure in excess of the retractile effort of said springs is removed from the The rods Il are not only guided by treadle.

the pins 10, but are held in proper relative position also by the guide-lugs 6 at the lower ends of the plates 2 and are prevented from having a swaying movement.

The parts are all put together inA such a manner that they can be readily taken apart or disconnected from one pail or tub and applied to another in a case of emergency or when it becomes necessary, and the material employed in constructing the several devices will be preferably metal of a character which v .will not easily corrode, and the rollers can be formed of wood.

The materials from which the several del upper ends attached to the said pivot-pins of the slides, and a treadle having opposite portions thereof connected to the lower ends of said slide-rods.

2. In a mop-wringer, the combination of va pail or tub, vertical slotted plates attached to the opposite sides of said pail or tub', opposite pins at the upper portion of each plate, slotted slides engaging said pins and attached at vtheir upper ends to rollers, slide-rods connected to the lower ends of the said slides by pins moving in the slots of said plates, springs connected to said slide-rods and the lower portions of said plates, and a treadle having opposite portions connected to the lower ends of Vsaid slide-rods.

3. In a mop-wringer, the combination of a pail or tub having wringing-rollers thereon, a platform on which said pail or tub is mounted, staples at the rear end of said platform each comprising a bearing-plate, a staple proper and depending bolt or pin and oppo- IOO site spurs, and a treadle having side arms attached to the said wringing-rollers and the rear ends thereof engaging the said staples.

In testimony whereof we afx our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

EGIDIUS BONNLENDER. 'ADAM HERKERT. Vitnesses:

BUTLER BABoooK, HARLowE HoYT.

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